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Ed Dwan has been appointed as BDOs new lead partner for the North West.

Dwan, who has been at BDO for eight years and has headed up the national tax risk consultancy team, will oversee the firms Manchester and Liverpool offices.

He will be responsible for providing the future strategy and vision for BDO in the region as it invests in digital transformation and developing the next generation of talent moving up the ranks within the firm.

PKF Littlejohn

PKF Littlejohn has appointed Nick McChesney as a VAT partner.

McChesney is chair of ICAEWs VAT and Duties sub-committee.

Since leaving PwC in 2009, where he was a VAT partner, he has been an independent indirect tax consultant advising national and international clients in the not for profit, real estate, information technology, waste management and travel sectors.

Deloitte

Deloitte has promoted 80 new partners in its UK business.

The firm promoted 24 new partners in its consulting service, 20 in financial advisory, 18 in audit and risk advisory, 17 in tax and one in internal client services.

In a bid to strength its regional network, 24 of the new partners are based outside London.

Deloitte said it continues to focus on gender diversity, with 30% of the new partners being women.

Five new partners are working part-time, as part of Deloittes WorkAgility framework.

Scottish Financial Enterprise

Jim Pettigrew has been appointed as the new chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise.

Petitgrew has over 30 years experience as a chartered accountant and has been chairman of CYBG Plc, the owner of Clydesdale Bank, since 2014 after joining the group in 2012.

He is also chairman and non-executive director of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc, senior independent non-executive director of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc and chairman of its remuneration committee, and deputy chairman and non-executive director of RBC Europe Limited.

His previous roles include president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee at Aberdeen Asset Management plc, group finance director of ICAP plc, chief executive officer of CMC Markets plc, chief operating officer of Ashmore Group plc and group treasurer of Sedgwick Group plc.

Pettigrew succeeds Sir Ewan Brown, who is retiring from the unpaid, nonexecutive position after four years on 1 July.

Petra Diamonds

David Abery will step down as Petras finance director in order to pursue other opportunities with effect from 30 June.

Following his departure, will continue to be available to the company on an advisory basis for a period of at least six months, as part of the succession process.

There will also be a number of senior management changes at the company.

Jacques Breytenbach will be appointed chief financial officer and Koos Visser will be appointed chief operating officer.

Breytenbach has held the role of finance managerof operations at the company since 2006, with responsibility for financial management across the groups operations. He is a chartered accountant and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Visser has held the role of group operations manager at the company since 2005, with responsibility for the management of all group operations, including production and the roll-out of the groups expansion plans (with a focus on plant design and operational efficiency improvements).

Paternoster Resources plc

Non-executive director Matt Lofgran is leaving the board of Paternoster Resources with immediate effect in order to spend more time on his other business interests.

He has agreed to provide consultancy services to the company on an ongoing basis, specifically in connection with oil and gas opportunities.

Coats Group plc

Simon Boddie is joining Coats Group as chief financial officer and as an executive director, effective on 4 July.

He replaces former chief financial officer, Richard Howes who left in April 2016 to become chief financial officer of Inchcape plc.

Boddie was previously group finance director of Electrocomponents plc and is currently a non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee at Michael Page International.

He joined Electrocomponents as group finance director in 2005. Prior to Electrocomponents, he worked for Diageo for thirteen years where he held a variety of senior finance positions including finance director of key markets and finance director for global supply.

Prior to this he was a member of the corporate finance team at Hill Samuel Bank.

Boddie qualified as a chartered accountant in 1985 with Price Waterhouse.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Women's Energy Network (WEN) - North Texas Chapter will host the
organization's Sixth Annual Leadership Conference, "Empower, Enable,
Enhance: Leading through Challenging Times" on Thursday, June 16th.
The half-day event will be held at the Dallas Petroleum Club, 2200 Ross
Avenue, 39th floor. Conference registration will begin at
11:30 am, followed by a lunch and the afternoon program. A networking
reception will immediately follow the conference at 5:00 pm

The 2016 conference will feature several seasoned industry leaders who
will make individual presentations, including:

Keynote Speaker Donna Fujimoto Cole, President and Chief Executive
OfficerCole Chemical amp; Distributing, Inc."Challenges
and Opportunities to THRIVE not just Survive during this Energy Downturn"

Donna Fujimoto Cole founded Cole Chemical in 1980 at the age of
27 (with $5,000 from savings). At the time, she was divorced with a
four-year old daughter. Buyers at DuPont, Exxon, Monsanto and Shell
asked Ms. Cole to start her own business to help them satisfy their
federal government subcontracting goals. With the encouragement from a
mentor she formed Cole Chemical amp; Distributing, Inc. In 2015, Cole
Chemical exceeded $69 million in chemical sales and chemical supply
chain management solutions to a wide range of customers and industries.

Ms. Cole has received numerous awards and recognitions over the years.
She was inducted into the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce
Hall of Fame in 2009, selected as one of Houston's 50 Most Influential
Women by Houston Woman Magazine in 2010, and has been named a Top 10
Minority/Woman owned businesses in Houston by the Houston Business
Journal as well as Woman owned companies for over 15 years. In 2013, Ms.
Cole was selected as a Who's Who of Asian Americans and received the
American Leadership Forum's Joseph Jaworski Leadership Award.

Ms. Cole is a Co-founder of the Pantheon of Women, a production company
telling great stories about strong women and supportive men in film and
television. Through good role models and education, women and young
girls can empower themselves, lift up their families, help their
communities and even change their countries.

Ms. Vincent writes and speaks nationally on brave leadership. Her first
book, Learning to Lead, was released in 2013. Her second book
regarding the life cycle of brave leadership is in progress, and she
regularly engages with working women across American on her blog,
gindivincent.com. In addition, Ms. Vincent has practiced law for almost
20 years, helping energy companies across the energy value chain solve
complex legal challenges, and is currently in house at ExxonMobil.

Ms. Vincent has served in numerous leadership roles including as
President of the Women's Energy Network of Houston, on the executive
committee of Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce, and as Chair
of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Ms. Vincent has been recognized as one of Houston's 50 Most Influential
Women, one of Houston's Top 25 Role Models, and Houston's Outstanding
Young Lawyer. Ms. Vincent and her husband Bray are the proud parents of
six-year-old triplets.

Neena Newberry is an award-winning speaker, author, and executive
coach. Ms. Newberry launched Newberry Executive Solutions in 2008 to
focus on her passion for developing strong leaders, especially women.
She left a more than 16-year management consulting and human resources
career, and a role leading performance management and career planning
for 34,000 employees on Deloitte's US HR Executive Team - not knowing
the economy would tank just three months later, teaching her lessons
that would benefit her clients.

A recognized expert in her field, Ms. Newberry has appeared over 50
times on CBS, ABC, and Fox News, and in Fortune Magazine. She
received two Leadership Excellence Awards in 2016 with Sysco Corporation
for the results achieved through her program, WOW!
Women On the Way to Peak Performance ProgramSM,
and four Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2014.

Ms. Newberry is grounded in years of practical experience developing
business strategies, improving business operations and developing strong
leaders. The result: rave reviews from Fortune 500 clients such
as ATamp;T, Marriott, PepsiCo, Shell, and Sysco, and organizations like the
United Way and the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Ms. Newberry's
book Show
Up. Step Up. Step Out. -- written up by Southwest Airlines
President Emeritus Colleen Barrett -- will be available for purchase at
the conference. Other tools and resources are available at www.newberrysolutions.com.

Karen Potter brings nearly 20 years' experience in business
development with the last 15 years in professional services. Her early
career in technology led to her founding a services company which she
grew to more than $7 million in annual sales prior to it being acquired
in 2000. Ms. Potter joined Deloitte Consulting in Chicago in 2001 in a
National role within the Strategy amp; Operations area. After successfully
establishing a self-sustaining market channel and strategic software
alliance, Ms. Potter joined Deloitte's Financial Advisory Services group
in 2005. Her primary focus was global anti-corruption consulting and
investigative services coordinating many significant world-wide
engagements for top clients of Deloitte.

Ms. Potter transferred to Texas in 2012 and was asked to lead the charge
within Deloitte's Growth Enterprise Services Group as well as advance
the sales culture for the Central amp; North Texas offices.

In 2013 amp; 2014, Ms. Potter received an award from the Austin Chapter of
the Financial Executives Institute for "above amp; beyond" contribution and
outstanding chapter achievement. She is a frequent speaker on the topic
of "Effective networking" and "Driving the Complex Sale" and a former
Dale Carnegie professor.

Ms. Potter currently resides in Georgetown, Texas with her husband Wayne.

Michele Fleischacker has more than 20 years' experience in the
Energy Industry, including four years as a Mechanical Engineer, managing
Capital Projects in an integrated Oil amp; Gas company. Ms. Fleischacker's
experience also includes more than 16 years of transforming business
processes and enabling Energy companies with large and innovative
enterprise-wide application integration, including divestiture and
merger transactions. Ms. Fleischacker's industry experiences come from
Global Upstream, Midstream and Downstream Oil amp; Gas Companies and Power
Companies.

With an Engineering background, Ms. Fleischacker has the ability to
direct programs with much analysis, reason and creativity. She is well
known for her ability to consistently separate symptoms from issues,
analyze client complex business requirements and initiate cost-effective
solutions that best suits the needs for the business users and
stakeholders.

Jill W. Lampert is Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of
NGP Energy Capital Management (NGP), a premier investment franchise in
the natural resources industry. Founded in 1988, NGP has invested $10
billion in over 300 transactions in energy and natural resources. Ms.
Lampert is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and the Investment
Committee.

Since taking her current position in 2010, NGP has raised over $10
billion of new capital commitment. To support this growth, Ms. Lampert
has built out the infrastructure to support the increased number of
investors and entities and associated complexities as well as the
demands for enhanced reporting from both investors and regulators. In
her role, Ms. Lampert oversees financial reporting, tax, accounting
oversight as well as all other administrative functions including
technology, marketing, human resources, and support operations.

From 2007 through 2010, Ms. Lampert served as Chief Financial Officer
and Founding Member of NGP Midstream and Resources where she was
responsible for creating and managing a private equity platform
including legal documentation, tax planning, investor communication,
financial reporting and accounting oversight. Ms. Lampert has held other
financial, accounting and operational roles since beginning her career
at Arthur Andersen.

Ms. Lampert is actively involved in several financial and energy
organizations, and she is a frequent panelist and lecturer at industry
functions. Ms. Lampert was awarded the "2012 CFO of the Year" by the Dallas
Business Journal. She currently serves on the board of the Dallas
Ft. Worth Private Equity Association ("PECFOA") as well as the Southern
Steering Committee of the Women's Association of Venture and Equity
("WAVE") and is an advisor to the FEI Energy Special Interest group.

Ms. Lampert is on the board of Rebellion Energy, a privately owned Tulsa
based Eamp;P Company. She has also been involved with many non-profit
organizations and is a founding board member of the Global Adaptation
Institute - now the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) and The
Birthday Party Project. She currently serves on the University of Texas
McCombs MSF Advisory Board, the Risk and Audit Committee of the Parish
Episcopal School, and the Finance Committee of the Jewish Federation of
Greater Dallas. She has served as an advisor to the Naveen Jindal School
of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas and as the chair of
the Temple Emanu-el Audit Committee.

Teresa Fairbrook in March 2016 was appointed Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer of Pioneer Natural Resources. She is
responsible for providing leadership and accountability for all aspects
of human resources, ensuring consistency and quality across Pioneer's
business units.

Ms. Fairbrook joined Pioneer in 1999 as an HR Generalist and has held
various positions in the Company since, including Compensation Manager,
HR Director, Compensation amp; Employee Relations Director and HR
Department Director. In January 2013, she was appointed Vice President,
Human Resources. Prior to joining Pioneer, Ms. Fairbrook was in human
resources at Dal-Tile Corporation in Dallas, Texas, where she held a
variety of roles in employee relations, recruiting and benefits. In
1996, she received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from St.
Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, with an emphasis in Human
Resource Management.

A Certified Compensation Professional, Ms. Fairbrook is involved in
industry-related organizations, including E-27 (an oil and gas industry
peer group focused on human resources, compensation and benefits) and
served as the past Chairman of the E-27 Committee. Ms. Fairbrook
oversees the Company's diversity and inclusion efforts, actively
supporting Pioneer's family-friendly workplace culture.

Leta McKinley has been a Vice-President, Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer of Sunoco LP and Sunoco GP LLC - General partner of
Sunoco LP since March 2014. Ms. McKinley is a CPA with 25 years of
financial experience in both private and public companies. She
previously served as Controller, Water Management US, for Rockwater
Energy Solutions where she managed a staff of up to 50 employees. Ms.
McKinley's prior experience includes several years in public accounting
at KPMG, LLP and Grant Thornton.

Conference prices, which include lunch and the networking reception, are:

$80 - Members$100 - Nonmembers

Members and nonmembers can register for the event by visiting the
chapter's website, www.wennorthtexas.org.

For more information about the event, contact Peggy Loyd, Cortez
Resources, LLC, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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For more information about the Women's Energy Network - North Texas
Chapter, visit www.wennorthtexas.org
and click on WEN North Texas. Interested parties can join the North
Texas Chapter by clicking on Join today! on the North Texas Chapter's
home page.

About WEN

The Women's Energy Network is a nonprofit association of women
professionals in the energy industry that provides networking and
community outreach opportunities and fosters career and leadership
development. Founded in 1994, the organization has more than 1,000
members nationwide. For more information, please visit the WEN North
Texas Chapter website at www.wennorthtexas.org.

Takata Corp, the air bag maker from Japan has been losing money continuously due to the recall of hundred thousands of its faulty airbags. The company said on Thursday, it has hired Lazard, the financial advisory and asset management firm to help it tackle the problems through a financial restructuring.

Takatas air bags related issues have caused minimum thirteen cases of deaths and greater than hundred injuries globally. The Malaysian authorities have started an investigation into some recent deaths related to the Takata air bags which might deploy with too much force during accidents, spraying shrapnel into the vehicle.

A committee was formed by the company in February to tackle the issues of recalls and come up with a restructuring plan. The committee members included legal and financial experts and a lawyer Hideaki Sudo, who heads the committee, said Lazard will help the company with its restructuring plan in partnership with the auto customers.

He dais in a statement, These are highly challenging and complex issues, but the committee strongly believes that it is in the best interests of all Takata stakeholders for Takata and its automotive customers to reach a consensual resolution that addresses the costs of the inflator issues while enabling Takata to remain a viable and valued global supplier.

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Tickets to this years final are priced from EUR70 to EUR440

The sporting and financial security that exists in todays Champions League, with its group stage, was not on offer then in the European Cup, which was a straight knockout tournament like the FA Cup, says Harry Philp, a sports business expert at financial advisory firm Portland Advisers.

This knockout format was contrary to the interests of major clubs in Italy, which hosted the top league in the world at the time, and of the two Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

For these clubs there was a financial consideration around playing more games, and naturally there was also the sporting consideration of going as far as they could in the cup.